DId you know the US dropped as many bombs in Cambodia as we did in Japan during WW2??? Are you familiar with the absolute destruction we caused in Japan, much moreso than just Hiroshima and Nagasaki. MUCH WORSE actually. We're talking Dresdenish.
Anyway, is it any wonder why Cambodia had famines? When I was growing up my mom said "eat your food, they're starving in Cambodia."
sad.
Ed McQuarrie talks the REAL History of Stocks and Bond performance.
https://www.morningstar.com/funds/vanguard-wellesley-income-is-top-choice
Could be a great fund to start with starting in retirement and cash. Or use Vanguard Wellington and cash if you want to be more aggresive